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Entrepreneurship, Entry and Performance of New Businesses Compared in two Growth Regimes: East and West Germany
Fritsch, Michael - Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft - 2004
Germany. The differences of the factors determining the formation of new businesses as well as their development between these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824125
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Buying Votes and International Organizations
Dreher, Axel; Vreeland, James Raymond - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2011
This study explores a basic idea in political economy: Trading money for political influence. Our focus is at the level of international institutions, where governments may exploit their influence in one organization to gain leverage over another. In particular, we consider the lending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009019988
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Buying Votes and International Organizations
Dreher, Axel; Vreeland, James Raymond - Center for Globalization and Europeanization of the … - 2011
This study explores a basic idea in political economy: Trading money for political influence. Our focus is at the level of international institutions, where governments may exploit their influence in one organization to gain leverage over another. In particular, we consider the lending...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009131557
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Zum Zusammenhang zwischen Gründungen und regionaler Entwicklung
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2003
The paper deals with the role of new firm formation in regional development. Many of the effects of the new firms are … analyses for West German regions show that an impact of new firm formation can only be found for the development in the 1990s … development is long term in nature. In East Germany the impact of new firm formation on growth seems to be much stronger than in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207004
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Entrepreneurship, entry and performance of new business compared in two growth regimes: East and West Germany
Fritsch, Michael - Fakultät Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Technische … - 2004
Germany. The differences of the factors determining the formation of new businesses as well as their development between these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009207070
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Does membership on the UN Security Council influence IMF conditionality?
Dreher, Axel; Sturm, Jan-Egbert; Vreeland, James Raymond - KOF Swiss Economic Institute, Department of Management, … - 2010
We investigate whether elected members of the United Nations Security Council receive favorable treatment from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), analyzing panel data on the level of conditionality attached to (a maximum of) 314 IMF arrangements with 101 countries over the period of 1992 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752559
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The Effect of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture on Economic Development - Evidence for Germany
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Disciplinegroep Economische Geografie, Faculteit … - 2014
We use the historical self-employment rate as an indicator of a regional culture of entrepreneurship and link this measure to economic growth in recent periods. The results indicate that German regions with a high level of entrepreneurship in the mid-1920s have higher start-up rates about 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764861
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Regional Transitions from Socialism to Entrepreneurship: Russia and Germany compared
Fritsch, Michael; Sorgner, Alina; Wyrwich, Michael; … - European Regional Science Association - 2014
, Russia was under socialistic regime for a period of about 70 years, and its economic development after the breakdown of the … Soviet Union diverged from the development in East Germany. Hence, one can expect substantial differences in the level of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011075773
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Entrepreneurship,Growth, Regional Growth Regimes
Fritsch, Michael; Kublina, Sandra - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
and economic development. The distinguishing characteristics of these regime types are analyzed in order to identify the … suggests that entrepreneurship is a key driver of economic development, and one that has long-run effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011143965
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The Long Persistence of Regional Entrepreneurship Culture: Germany 1925-2005
Fritsch, Michael; Wyrwich, Michael - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We investigate the persistence of levels of self-employment and new business formation in different time periods and under different framework conditions. The analysis shows that high levels of regional self-employment and new business formation tend to be persistent for periods as long as 80...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555773